Global and National Security Institute

GNSI + Government

Today’s national security environment is increasingly complex and covers whole-of-society problems such as extremism, chem/bio threats, climate change, disinformation, transnational crime, and cybercrime. This environment is not only serviced by science and technology, but is driven by them. Advances in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, extended reality, quantum computing, and biometrics will require national security policymakers to understand technological complexities never before considered. 

Our relationships are strong with the two combatant commands at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), along with the Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) and the Institute for Applied Engineering.

To this end, the Global and National Security Institute will provide actionable solutions to 21st-century security challenges for decisionmakers at the local, state, national, and global level, focused on the intersection of security policy and technology. It will also serve as the entry portal for USF’s broad cooperation with Department of Defense (DOD) and associated agencies.